November 2012
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Polls opened 25 minutes ago. Which campaigns are out trying to cajole that last few supporters?
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What: Community Town Hall
Meeting with Greenpeace Energy Expert Mike Johnson
Where: Eno River Unitarian Church,
4907 Garrett Road Durham, NC 27707
When: Monday, November 12th, 7pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/173436066130761/Mike Johnson is on a state wide tour, talking about the possibilities for a
cheaper, cleaner, renewable energy future for North Carolina. Mike brings 10 years of
experience including stints at the Illinois Solar Energy Association and City
of Chicago’s
Department of Environment.
Mike will discuss the recent Greenpeace report, Charting the Correction Course, produced in association with
leading energy software company Ventyx. The report details how North Carolinians could save more than $108 billion
dollars over the next twenty years if Duke Energy switched to cleaner, cheaper
renewable energy.
Date:
Monday, November 12, 2012 - 7:00pm
Location:
Eno River Unitarian Church, 4907 Garrett Road Durham, NC 27707
What: Community Town Hall Meeting with Greenpeace Energy
Expert Mike Johnson
Where: AARP Raleigh office, 1511 Sunday Drive Raleigh, NC
27607
When: Tuesday, November 13th, 7pm
Mike Johnson is on a state wide tour, talking about the possibilities for a
cheaper, cleaner, renewable energy future for North Carolina. Mike brings 10 years of
experience including stints at the Illinois Solar Energy Association and City
of Chicago’s
Department of Environment.
Mike will discuss the recent Greenpeace report, Charting the Correction Course, produced in association with
leading energy software company Ventyx. The report details how North Carolinians could save more than $108 billion
dollars over the next twenty years if Duke Energy switched to cleaner, cheaper
renewable energy.
Date:
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 7:00pm
Location:
AARP Raleigh office, 1511 Sunday Drive Raleigh, NC 27607
Date:
Sunday, November 18, 2012 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location:
Anna Maria's Pizzeria, 104 N.C. 54, Carrboro, N.C. (Carrboro Plaza)
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen tonight voted unananimously to support freedom of speech on Chapel Hill Transit buses.
Officially canvassed election results were releaesd by the Orange County Board of Elections Friday afternoon.
About 160 of the 400 provisional ballots were counted, along with civilian absentee ballots received thru 11/9 and military and overseas ballots received thru 11/15. A total of 77,050 votes were cast (compared with 75,194 in 2008). Prez wound up 70.22% to 28.06%, Dalton had 64.44, to McCrory's 32.42% with the Libertarian 3.08% (above Howe's statewide average of 2.1%)
The official canvass inched the YES on Transit up from 58.83% to 58.88%.
I also got from the BoE some stats broken down by early vote site (the online canvass has all five sites lumped in together - the totals will be broken out by precinct by early January).
All of us in the local political chattering class have been talking about who will be the successor to Penny Rich, since Penny will be resigning from the Chapel Hill Town Council soon to take her new seat on the Orange County Board of Commissioners. A lot of qualified names have been tossed out, including Maria Palmer and George Cianciolo.
But there is a new candidate in the mix that I believe will eclipse the competition. I heard from a friend that former Town Council member Sally Greene was interested in the seat. I was so excited to hear this that I called her this weekend and she confirmed that she really is interested in returning to the big curved table at Town Hall.
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